Jeet Bahadur SAPKOTA / Moscow, Russia

Destination (Name of city and country)

Moscow, Russia

Research objectives

To present a paper entitled “Globalization and Human Aspect of Development in Developing Countries: Evidence from the Panel Data” at the Second International Academic Congress “Globalistics-2011”, hosted by Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia, http://globalistics.org/eng/.

Research project

This paper evaluates the impacts of globalization on human development, gender development and human poverty in developing countries. Analyzing the panel data of 124 developing countries covering nine years from 1997, it shows that globalization (in terms of its comprehensive indexes and key elements) not only promotes human and gender development, but also significantly reduces human poverty. In general, the results from the key elements of globalization are consistent with the results from the comprehensive indexes. However, it is also observed that political and social globalization, FDI, and international migration were insignificant to gender-related development. Thus, further research is suggested for appropriate policy recommendations to make these variables significant on promoting gender aspects of development.

Achievement

The research project successfully met its objectives. The paper was presented at the Second International Academic Congress "Globalistics-2011", hosted by Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia.

Some valuable comments and suggestions from the organizer and the participants around the world are well noted. It will help to extend the research in the future. Established network among scholars in the conference would also be worthwhile for research exchange and collaboration.

Most importantly, the presented paper has been published in the Journal of Globalization Studies. It documented the research output that was funded by the Global Institute for Asian Regional Integration (GIARI) of the Waseda University Global COE Program.